Muir summited Mount Everest this spring, making him the oldest American climber and third oldest climber world-wide to reach the summit of Everest.
38th and Spruce Street Intersection
Students, professor deem spring 2021 course taught using virtual reality a success
Students attended INTR 391: Senior Seminar for Thesis Research using virtual reality headsets, which allowed them to customize their avatars, walk around, and have face-to-face conversations with their classmates.
Penn's transfer acceptance rate drops below 5% this year, a record low
Penn offered admission to about 165 of the more than 3,500 students who applied to Penn this year, according to Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Sara Cohen.
Penn confirms plans to conduct fully in-person fall semester
Fully vaccinated students will not be required to submit to any form of regular COVID-19 testing, as they had been in the spring 2021 semester.
Students, professor deem spring 2021 course taught using virtual reality a success
Students attended INTR 391: Senior Seminar for Thesis Research using virtual reality headsets, which allowed them to customize their avatars, walk around, and have face-to-face conversations with their classmates.
Penn's transfer acceptance rate drops below 5% this year, a record low
Penn offered admission to about 165 of the more than 3,500 students who applied to Penn this year, according to Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions Sara Cohen.
Texas court ruling bolsters Penn Medicine’s employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Texas court federal judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Houston Methodist Hospital System for requiring its employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Penn psychology prof.’s study on imagined events published in the Journal of Neuroscience
The researchers used MRI scans to look at different parts of the brain, measure brain activity while the subjects imagined events, and observe the vividness and valence of the imaginations.
Franklin Field goes Hollywood: Remembering the time 'Invincible' shot at Penn's stadium
Although the Eagles stopped playing at Franklin Field in 1970, the story of Vince Papale, who played for the Eagles in the late 1970s, was filmed there because of its storied history with the team and for financial considerations.
More than 200 petition Penn to pay reparations to victims of Kligman’s prison experiments
The petition has five demands as part of the reparations process including a formal apology from Penn President Amy Gutmann to the victims and their families and financial reparations for those affected.
Matthew Liu | COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Protections and the Private Innovation Lie
Columnist Matthew Liu argues that profit-focused pharmaceutical companies undermine the humanitarian mission behind large-scale vaccination efforts that are needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Penn alum Jake Cousins called up to MLB to pitch for Milwaukee Brewers
For the first time since 2013, Penn will be represented in the MLB, as Jake Cousins was called up from the minor leagues to play for the Milwaukee Brewers.
Penn Medicine doctor sues Pennsylvania Hospital after being stabbed by patient
Pennsylvania Hospital faces a lawsuit from a Penn Medicine doctor who alleges the hospital disregards the safety of its practicing physicians.
Penn Libraries offers students, faculty, staff free access to The New York Times
Penn community members can access their subscription — both on The New York Times' website and its mobile app — by creating an online account using their PennKeys.
New Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies will fund research, house postdoc program
The Latin American and Latinx Studies Program will become the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies on July 1.
Republican lawmakers threaten to cut funding from Penn Vet due to COVID-19 vaccine requirement
Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut $32 million in funding from the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine for requiring employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Fauci discusses COVID-19 vaccine equity, mental health at virtual Penn Medicine event
The event covered the importance of young people getting vaccinated, vaccine equity, and the pandemic's impact on the mental health of Generation Z.
Author Ibram X. Kendi discusses antiracism with Wharton Dean Erika James at Juneteenth event
The hour-long webinar was hosted to commemorate Juneteenth and discussed racism as a power construct and the power of an individual to challenge racial ideas and structures.
Penn fencing alum Shaul Gordon to compete for Canada at Olympic Games
Gordon, who competed at Penn for three years during his college career, will be suiting up for the Canadian fencing team this year at the Olympic Games. He carries with him a sizable amount of international competition experience and a lifetime of interest in the sport.
Jaden Cloobeck | Honoring a Jewish watermelon merchant and a Canadian frontiersman
For Father's Day, columnist Jaden Cloobeck goes into family archives to celebrate two of his ancestors from centuries past.


















